Doctor barred after 20 years of sex abuse – Daily Telegraph
“A doctor who sexually abused female patients over a 20-year period has finally been barred from working.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: professional conduct
Police escape charges in 70 per cent of IPCC cases – The Independent
“Prosecutors decided against charging police officers in nearly 70 per cent of the most serious cases of alleged misconduct referred to them by the policing watchdog, according to figures secured under Freedom of Information legislation.”
The Independent, 16th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Doctor struck off over MMR controversy appeals against ruling – The Guardian
“One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy has asked the high court to rule that his treatment was ‘unfair and unjust’.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer struck off after ‘one of worst cases of fraud’ – Daily Telegraph
“A lawyer has been struck off after admitting he stole £3 million from his company and clients in what a tribunal described as one of the worst cases of fraud it had encountered.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Psychiatric nurse struck off after forcing himself on pregnant patient – Daily Telegraph
“Jonathan Henk, a psychiatric nurse who forced himself on a patient he was secretly dating after discovering she was pregnant by another man, has been struck off.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Nigel Leat sex abuse: ‘Lamentable failure’ of school management – BBC News
“A teacher was able to film himself abusing young girls because of a ‘lamentable failure’ by school management, a review has found. Nigel Leat, 51, was jailed indefinitely for abusing children at Hillside First School in Weston-super-Mare.”
BBC News, 26th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
ACS:Law solicitor at centre of internet piracy row suspended – The Guardian
“The London-based lawyer at the centre of a long-running row over internet piracy has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay £76,000 in costs.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Veterinary tribunal did not show bias – UK Human Rights Blog
“The disciplinary procedures of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons did not give rise to any appearance of bias so as to breach a practitioner’s right to a fair trial under Article 6.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judge publicly reprimanded over driving ban – The Guardian
“One of Britain’s most senior appeal court judges has been publicly reprimanded for receiving a driving ban and failing to inform judicial authorities that he was facing traffic offences.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Poor teachers ‘will slip through the net’ under reforms – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of poor teachers are likely to be allowed to remain in the classroom under Government plans to scrap the profession’s official regulator, it is feared.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PC Hannah Quince guilty of illicit police computer search – BBC News
“A policewoman who searched the force computer to look through confidential files on behalf of her boyfriend has been found guilty of misconduct.”
BBC News, 13th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Social workers given guidance on inappropriate relationships with clients – The Guardian
“Rise in misconduct cases prompts regulator to publish advice on professional boundaries for staff.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others, interested parties) – WLR Daily
“The General Dental Council was under no obligation to obtain an order of the court for permission to use and disclose dental records of patients for the purposes of investigating allegations of professional misconduct against a registered dentist even where the patients in question objected to the disclosure or did not consent to it.”
WLR Daily, 16th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
New House of Commons code of conduct could be extended to MPs’ private lives – Daily Telegraph
“MPs could be punished for indiscretions in their private lives if their actions embarrass Parliament, under a new code of conduct.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bar Chairman Promotes Value of an Independent Judiciary – The Bar Council
“The Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has told Bar leaders from around the world that an independent judiciary is the most important element in attracting clients to any jurisdiction.”
The Bar Council, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
